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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Officials weigh lamprey options

Published October 7, 1996

In Portugal, sea lampreys are worth about $23 a pound and are served with a sauce of blood and vinegar. In Minnesota, they are an unwanted nuisance. University professors at the Minnesota Sea Grant are...

U police sell theft-protection innovation

by Jessica Steeno
Published October 7, 1996

University Police are selling a sticker that might keep people from being permanently separated from their valuables. Tracker Corporation of Toronto makes the stickers, which sell for $5 apiece at the...

MSA committees plan for busy year

by Tracy Ellingson
Published October 7, 1996

Minnesota Student Association member Corey Donovan would like to make a change in his committee's acronym. "I'd like to throw another 'A' into 'AA' -- for Academic Affairs Action Committee," said Donovan,...

U seeks dismissal of $50,000 lawsuit

by Kamariea Forcier
Published October 7, 1996

A man who sustained a permanent injury while working for the University is awaiting a judge's decision as to whether he will go to trial for claims of job discrimination. On Friday, U.S. District Judge...

It’s no walk in the woods

by Andrew Tellijohn
Published October 7, 1996

Tim Crowe stared intently at his compass. After 10 minutes of trekking through waist-high weeds and bristly plants, and a detour around a giant pile of dead trees, he should have been in the right place. The...

U runner fights flu, takes 9th

by Ryan Schuster
Published October 7, 1996

Imagine battling the flu, nervousness and dehydration all while running a 5,000-meter race. That's just what Gophers senior women's cross country runner Keri Zweig had to do during the Roy Griak Invitational...

Carlson School admits its first freshman class

by Sam Black
Published October 7, 1996

Anthony Albanese, a freshman, drove to his hometown of Rochester, Minn., this weekend to crown this year's homecoming king at his high school. In his royal high school past, Albanese studied two languages,...

Candidate speaks for working class

by Chris Vetter
Published October 7, 1996

Nestled in a small room on the sixth floor of Coffman Memorial Union, Jerry White, the presidential candidate for the Socialist Equality Party, spoke Friday to a small group. The candidate told a group...

Special teams blunders cost U game

by Todd Zolecki
Published October 7, 1996

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The Gophers football team quietly showered, changed clothes and boarded the bus Saturday following its 30-27 loss to Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium. Steve Kemph wasn't in a rush to...

The Gophers voll…

by Kristian Pope
Published October 7, 1996

The Gophers volleyball team ran into trouble with fog this weekend. Their heads were in it Friday. And on Sunday morning in Waterloo, Iowa -- a stopover en route from Illinois -- they were socked in it. Luckily,...

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